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Purs · 06-08-2005, 04:17 PM

Looking for some ideas on making my column shifter more "performance friendly." Has anyone heard of a mod to make our column shifters work like a ratchet shifter? With all the column shift cars and trucks that GM made, surely somebody has done this before.

Please don't tell me to put a floor shifter in. I like my "Buddy Buckets" and want to keep the interior of my truck looking as "harmless"

as possible.

SCOTI · 06-08-2005, 04:48 PM

I feel the same way about shifters in trucks . . .... I like 'em on the column only. I've heard of people modding the linkage for a rachet effect but have never seen it done personally. I've always been curious about how it was accomplished.

fastwillie 696969 · 06-08-2005, 04:54 PM

im sure if they had made a shifter of some type i would think the aftermarket would have been all over it by now
just one word --hurst

smbrouss70 · 06-08-2005, 05:19 PM

I'm sure if a few of us put our heads together, we can come up with something. It would be killer to have that though.

**'70_402** · 06-08-2005, 05:27 PM

Why Not Just Manually Shift From First To Second To Third On The Column... I Do It Just About Everyday. And No Problems Yet. I Guess I Don't Understand What You Are Looking For. (some Way To Manually Shift Your Automatic?)

matthufham · 06-08-2005, 05:56 PM

ratcheting is quicker because you can just hit the shifter and it goes to the next gear, not like grabbing the shifter and pushing it in the next gear.

mer316 · 06-08-2005, 06:01 PM

you mean you guys don't like to get out and realine the shifter so you can shift the thing about cause the tubes are old and worn? Oh the joys of owning an older truck

Robby

SCOTI · 06-08-2005, 06:56 PM

I just thought about something..... one of the column manufacturers has recently come out w/a cable style actuator that fits the end of the column vs. the solid 'rod'.

I wonder if this could be modified? Check Ididit or Flaming River & see if you can find what I'm talking about.

smbrouss70 · 06-08-2005, 07:05 PM

I believe this is what you are talking about SCOTI...
http://www.flamingriver.com/index.cf...rod/prd112.htm
There still needs to be some sort of ratcheting mechanism either on the Trans end or the column end for it to work. Anybody have a Megashifter or another ratcheting floor shifter laying around so we could get some good pictures of the innards?

70 shorty · 06-08-2005, 09:56 PM

I know from the factory my Z28, console shifter ratchets. I have no idea if the mechanicsm could somehow be adapted to a column shifter, just throwing it out

smbrouss70 · 06-09-2005, 09:15 PM

TTT, No one can get some good detailed pictures for us?

lucky13csa · 02-05-2007, 09:07 PM

I wish we could get some more input on this subject. I've been looking for info on this very subject. Can't believe it hasn't been done yet. C'mon people!

kevncar · 02-05-2007, 09:21 PM

I've wanted a ratchet action for a stock column shifter for years too. PLEASE, someone post some pictures of a ratcheting shifter. I would think with some of the amazingly talented guys and gals in here, we could put something together.

lucky13csa · 02-05-2007, 10:34 PM

Here we have a demand for something and none of the major players are chiming in? We would appreciate some ideas or feedback. Thanks.

06-08-2005, 04:17 PM	#1
Purs Got Big Block? Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,510	Performance Shifter Ideas... Looking for some ideas on making my column shifter more "performance friendly." Has anyone heard of a mod to make our column shifters work like a ratchet shifter? With all the column shift cars and trucks that GM made, surely somebody has done this before. Please don't tell me to put a floor shifter in. I like my "Buddy Buckets" and want to keep the interior of my truck looking as "harmless" as possible. __________________ "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

06-08-2005, 04:48 PM	#2
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,977	I feel the same way about shifters in trucks . . .... I like 'em on the column only. I've heard of people modding the linkage for a rachet effect but have never seen it done personally. I've always been curious about how it was accomplished. __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

06-08-2005, 04:54 PM	#3
fastwillie 696969 ~Rest In Peace~ Join Date: May 2005 Location: CALIFORNIA NOR CAL Posts: 9,707	im sure if they had made a shifter of some type i would think the aftermarket would have been all over it by now just one word --hurst __________________ is it fast ? it has a lighting bolt donut? B___H please, I can remove 90% of your so called "beauty" with a kleenex

06-08-2005, 05:19 PM	#4
smbrouss70 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Rayne, LA Posts: 2,782	I'm sure if a few of us put our heads together, we can come up with something. It would be killer to have that though. __________________ Steven "If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -- Will Rogers R.I.P. Oscar R.I.P. Ratchet 1967 Pontiac GTO - Dad was the Original Owner 1970 Chevy 2wd SWB "Oscar's Truck" 1970 Chevy 2wd Blazer "Ratchet's Blazer" 2013 Chevy 2500HD Crew Cab Duramax/Allison Z71 LTZ "Brown Sugar" 2017 Chevy Suburban "BDB" 2020 Chevy Blazer Premier "Foxy" Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Shop Build

06-08-2005, 05:27 PM	#5
'70_402 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Pampa, Texas Posts: 1,554	Why Not Just Manually Shift From First To Second To Third On The Column... I Do It Just About Everyday. And No Problems Yet. I Guess I Don't Understand What You Are Looking For. (some Way To Manually Shift Your Automatic?) __________________ https://www.ebay.com/itm/29620574751...mis&media=COPY

06-08-2005, 05:56 PM	#6
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	ratcheting is quicker because you can just hit the shifter and it goes to the next gear, not like grabbing the shifter and pushing it in the next gear.

06-08-2005, 06:01 PM	#7
mer316 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 9	you mean you guys don't like to get out and realine the shifter so you can shift the thing about cause the tubes are old and worn? Oh the joys of owning an older truck Robby

06-08-2005, 06:56 PM	#8
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,977	I just thought about something..... one of the column manufacturers has recently come out w/a cable style actuator that fits the end of the column vs. the solid 'rod'. I wonder if this could be modified? Check Ididit or Flaming River & see if you can find what I'm talking about. __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

06-08-2005, 07:05 PM	#9
smbrouss70 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Rayne, LA Posts: 2,782	I believe this is what you are talking about SCOTI... http://www.flamingriver.com/index.cf...rod/prd112.htm There still needs to be some sort of ratcheting mechanism either on the Trans end or the column end for it to work. Anybody have a Megashifter or another ratcheting floor shifter laying around so we could get some good pictures of the innards? __________________ Steven "If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -- Will Rogers R.I.P. Oscar R.I.P. Ratchet 1967 Pontiac GTO - Dad was the Original Owner 1970 Chevy 2wd SWB "Oscar's Truck" 1970 Chevy 2wd Blazer "Ratchet's Blazer" 2013 Chevy 2500HD Crew Cab Duramax/Allison Z71 LTZ "Brown Sugar" 2017 Chevy Suburban "BDB" 2020 Chevy Blazer Premier "Foxy" Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Shop Build

06-08-2005, 09:56 PM	#10
70 shorty Where's my beer? Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Glen Allen, VA Posts: 1,768	I know from the factory my Z28, console shifter ratchets. I have no idea if the mechanicsm could somehow be adapted to a column shifter, just throwing it out __________________ 70 C10, shortstep, .30 over 250,Hurst shifted 3 spd parts hauler. Holley 390, Clifford Intake, Header, ported cylinder head, unknown bigger cam. 79 Corvette L82, 4 spd, black, red interior, headers, flowmasters, and unkown bigger cam. '03 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.0 4x4 daily driver. 165K miles, and runs great '08 Tahoe LTZ 4x4 155K

06-09-2005, 09:15 PM	#11
smbrouss70 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Rayne, LA Posts: 2,782	TTT, No one can get some good detailed pictures for us? __________________ Steven "If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -- Will Rogers R.I.P. Oscar R.I.P. Ratchet 1967 Pontiac GTO - Dad was the Original Owner 1970 Chevy 2wd SWB "Oscar's Truck" 1970 Chevy 2wd Blazer "Ratchet's Blazer" 2013 Chevy 2500HD Crew Cab Duramax/Allison Z71 LTZ "Brown Sugar" 2017 Chevy Suburban "BDB" 2020 Chevy Blazer Premier "Foxy" Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Shop Build

02-05-2007, 09:07 PM	#12
lucky13csa Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albemarle, NC Posts: 58	Re: Performance Shifter Ideas... I wish we could get some more input on this subject. I've been looking for info on this very subject. Can't believe it hasn't been done yet. C'mon people!

02-05-2007, 09:21 PM	#13
kevncar Active Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atwater, CA Posts: 259	Re: Performance Shifter Ideas... I've wanted a ratchet action for a stock column shifter for years too. PLEASE, someone post some pictures of a ratcheting shifter. I would think with some of the amazingly talented guys and gals in here, we could put something together. __________________ Kevin 72 Chevelle 67 C10...454/TH400 Build Thread:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=193961

02-05-2007, 10:34 PM	#14
lucky13csa Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albemarle, NC Posts: 58	Re: Performance Shifter Ideas... Here we have a demand for something and none of the major players are chiming in? We would appreciate some ideas or feedback. Thanks.



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